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Accepted Paper:
MAR PORTUGUEZ: The Atlantic Ocean as stage for Portuguese domination of the Americas
Fernando Morato
(Ohio State University)
Paper short abstract:
Analyzing the representation of key moments of important Luso-Brazilian poems from XVII and XVIII centuries, this presentation aims to shed light over the important issue of symbolic appropriation of the Atlantic Ocean as a space which ties Europe and America.
Paper long abstract:
Since the early XVII century, when the poem Prosopopeia (1601) was printed, the Atlantic Ocean have been represented as a privileged stage for speeches and scenes that perform the Portuguese dominance over the Americas. This presentation deals with three Luso-Brazilian poems, Bento Teixeira's Prosopopeia (1601), Silva Alvarenga's O templo de Netuno (1777), and Santa Rita Durão's Caramuru (1781), as well as with some other texts and images, in order to better trace and understand the symbolic importance of this space for legitimate Portuguese imperial policies and claims. Past, present and future are displayed in these texts within both mythological, historical, and political arrangements that create the proper immaterial space that overlaps the material one and erases imperfections of actual policies and domination issues towards the Americas.